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Chinese dictionary
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n.son and daughter; child; now referring to son particularly
长子
eldest son
子承父业
a son inherits his father's career
子女
sons and daughters
synonym
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n.fmlseed
树结子了。
The tree has born seeds.
这西瓜没子。
This melon is seedless.
葵花子
sunflower seeds
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adj.fmlsubsidiary
子公司
subcompany
子金
interest
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n.person; general term for human beings
稚子
child
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n.ancient title of respect for a learned or virtuous man
荀子
Master Xun
先秦诸子
the pre-Qin philosophers
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pron.fmlyou; your honour
子非鱼，安知鱼之乐？
You are not a fish. How do you know the happiness of fish?
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n.fml(the third of the four traditional categories of the ancient Chinese literature) philosophy
子部
philosophy
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n.fmlegg; young/newborn animal
鸡子
egg of chicken
synonym
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adj.fmlsmall; tender; young
子畜
newborn animal
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n.fmlsomething small and hard
弹子
bullet
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n.infmlcopper; copper coin
一个子也不值
worthless
一个子也没有
penniless
挣这么几个子
earn a small amount of money
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measure word(used for something long and thin) bundle
一子韭菜
a bundle of chives
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n.viscount; the fourth ranking of the five feudal titles of nobility
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n.infmlthe first of the twelve Earthly Branches; (refer to 地支)
Words and phrases with 子
- 子商[word]subquotient
- 子时[word]period of the day from 11 p.m. to 1 a.m.
- 子痫[word]eclampsia
- 子系统[word]subsystem
- 子民[word]subjects of a kingdom
- 子波[word]wavelet
- 子树[word]subtree
- 子表[word]sublist
- 子集[word]subset
- 子丑寅卯[idiom]first four of the twelve Earthly Branches
- 子午卯酉[idiom]from midnight to noon and from sunrise to sunset; from beginning to end
- 子曰诗云[idiom]Confucian classics
- 子孙后代[idiom]future generations
- 子虚乌有[idiom]pure fiction
- 子子孙孙[idiom]descendants